Dunkirk, Kent

Dunkirk, Kent

Coordinates: 51°17′29″N 0°58′49″E / 51.2915°N 0.9804°E / 51.2915; 0.9804

Dunkirk
The Red Lion Inn, Dunkirk, UK.jpg
The Red Lion Inn, Dunkirk
Dunkirk is located in Kent
Dunkirk

 Dunkirk shown within Kent
District Swale
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Canterbury
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Dunkirk is a village and civil parish between Faversham and Canterbury in southeast England.

Toponymy

The origin of the village's name is still not very clear, but it is understood to come from a house called "Dunkirk", lived in by a Fleming from Dunkerque on the border between France and Belgium.

Dunkirk's main claim to fame is that in 1838 it was the scene of the last armed rising on British soil, the Battle of Bossenden Wood to the north of the village.

External links

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